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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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